Federal magistrate judges in New Mexico have started dismissing national security charges against immigrants accused of crossing the southern U.S. border through a newly designated military zone, finding little evidence that immigrants knew about the zones.
Since late-April, federal prosecutors in New Mexico and western Texas have filed misdemeanor criminal charges of violating national security regulations and entering restricted military property against at least 400 immigrants. They're accused of illegally entering the U.S. as well as a 60-foot strip of land recently designated as a national defense area.
